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Even with Netflix’s recommendation algorithm hustling to serve you new movies, new TV shows, and original programming tailored to your binging habits, the streaming service’s firehose of content makes what’s coming and going difficult to parse. That’s why we’re breaking down each month’s additions (plus the roster from two months prior, and what’s about to bounce from the platform, just so you don’t miss a thing) with a spotlight on what to keep on your radar. Netflix’s own “new releases” category is an info dump. Consider us a picture-in-picture talking head, screaming recommendations at screen. Available August 1 Batman Begins Look, we admire and adore Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight, but this franchise-starter — a Batman movie from beginning to end that strikes the right balance between psychological mythmaking and comic-book action — is the better movie. We’ll be able to properly reassess … [Read more...] about Every movie and show coming to Netflix in August

Fortnite Battle Royale is free-to-play. You can, of course, buy Battle Passes and spend a fortune in V-Bucks on emotes and gliders. But, fundamentally, a Fortnite account costs no more than the time it takes to register on the Epic Games site. And yet, right now, on eBay, Reddit, and on gaming-focused auction sites, Fortnite players are selling their accounts for real money. Often they’re asking for just two or three pounds, but sometimes the price is set at £80, £120, or £300. Why would anyone pay so much for a Fortnite account when they could simply level one up themselves? We went to the sellers to find out. Looking to move on to another kind of battle royale? These are the best games like Fortnite. 16-year-old Joshua Marsocci played Fortnite Battle Royale from the month of its release - September 2017 - until around June 2018, which is when he put his account up for auction. Starting the bidding at $79.99, he estimates his account to be worth over … [Read more...] about Why Fortnite accounts are selling for hundreds of dollars on eBay

Ten years ago today Iron Man propelled into cinemas launching one of the most successful movie franchises of all time. In the decade since its release, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has seen its Iron founding father take a winding journey that led him all the way to this year's Avengers: Infinity War. Nowadays, the film is looked upon as being the bedrock upon which Kevin Feige and co. built their empire, but what did critics think of the film when it originally came out? You might be surprised to know that not everyone was so sure the MCU would last. Read on for a selection of extracts from the 2008 Iron Man reviews (including our own) and find out what the critics originally thought of the Marvel movie which started it all. BBCBBC critic Paul Arendt rightly made note of Robert Downey Jr.’s charismatic turn as Tony Stark. It seems that even at the time critics realised that Downey was built for the role. Stark, a humming dynamo of energy and humour in Downey … [Read more...] about “A franchise that is already beginning to rust”

HOUSTON (AP) — Barbara Bush, the first lady whose plainspoken manner and utter lack of pretense made her more popular at times than her husband, President George H.W. Bush, died Tuesday. She was 92.Family spokesman Jim McGrath confirmed the death in a statement. The cause wasn't immediately known.Mrs. Bush brought a grandmotherly style to buttoned-down Washington, often appearing in her trademark fake pearl chokers and displaying no vanity about her white hair and wrinkles."What you see with me is what you get. I'm not running for president — George Bush is," she said at the 1988 Republican National Convention, where her husband, then vice president, was nominated to succeed Ronald Reagan.The Bushes, who were married Jan. 6, 1945, had the longest marriage of any presidential couple in American history. And Mrs. Bush was one of only two first ladies who had a child who was elected president. The other was Abigail Adams, wife of John Adams and mother of John Quincy Adams."I … [Read more...] about Former first lady Barbara Bush dead at age 92